Buddy! Tried your method once and now it functions normally. I had originally spilled keg beer on it at a party and discontinued the menu button, this was ok however I just kept it on shuffle all the time. But then I put it through a soapy wash of laundry and without knowing dried it off at high heat for good measure, at this point I surely thought my nano was mega f**ked. But alas 6 months later I tried plugging it in to turn it on and it turns out the poor lil fella was just out of batteries, but stuck in disk mode, tried your method with the menu button.... worked like a charm. Surprisingly also all my data was still there and intact! THANKS AGAIN IGGY!